Listening for English Language Learners
Activities
Skills Other
listening & viewing materials
Activities
All levels
Directory of links to ESL listening resources
ESL Independent Study Lab: Listening
Directory of Links, organized by difficulty
Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab
Four levels of listening materials with and pre- and post-listening questions
Several good-quality sample activities from a commercial site
Internet TESL Journal: Listening
A collection of links to activities and resources from the internet TESL Journal
Wicked Stuff for English Learners
Several listening activities are included here
Basic
CELT Listening Activities (BASIC, INTERMEDIATE)
British English listening: puzzles, comprehension
A small collection of listening activities using Macromedia's Shockwave technology
Dictation for beginners
Dictation
A ten-part story with cloze, vocabulary, comprehension, and inference activities; uses Shockwave.
Intermediate
BBC World Service: Learning English
Listening materials and activities
CELT Listening Activities (BASIC, INTERMEDIATE)
British English listening: puzzles, comprehension
CLTA Listening Activities (INTERMEDIATE, ADVANCED)
Short listening passages with recorded questions; answers are scored automatically.
Grammar and vocabulary activities for viewers of the popular CNN show for students, CNN Newsroom
Advanced
Thematic units (Death Penalty; Race Relations; Human Cloning; etc) based on US public radio broadcasts in RealAudio format.
CLTA Listening Activities (INTERMEDIATE, ADVANCED)
Short listening passages with recorded questions; answers are scored automatically.
Activities based on current news stories; includes audio, story outline, summary, and text as well as reading comprehension and vocabulary activities. (ADAPTABLE FOR LISTYENING)
Interactive Listening Comprehension Practice
Comprehension exercises based on US public radio broadcasts from University of Illinois LinguaCenter
KXTV Interactive Learning Resources
Listening, reading, and vocabulary materials based on current news stories in audio and video; includes story outline and summary as well as comprehension and vocabulary activities.
Listening skills
Suggestions and activities fopr listening to the news; lectures; movies; British and American English, and conversations.
Improving Listening Comprehension Skills
A couple of good tips from Randall S. Davis of Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab
Listening and notetaking tutorial
"Think more, write less" could be the motto of this series of common-sense suggestions.
Other listening & viewing materials
An audio directory of the Internet...lots of news, sports, and talk sources click on the category and follow the links to a listening source
Hourly news and daily shows (Morning edition, All Things Considered, etc. from US National Public Radio; they also keep a searchable audio archive of past shows (audio)
US and international news services (audio)
ESL NetLinks for English as a Second Language
Annotated links to resources of interest for English language learners
Two-minute audio files on a variety of health questions, from Ohio University's Dr. Harold C. Thompson III (audio)
Video news reports (video)
On-line Listening Resource Page
A resources collection; " ...we have also collected links here to sites offering materials that can be used for improving comprehension"
Our collection of radio news and feature resources from around the world
Historic speeches and other recordings, from US presidents and others (audio)
News and commentary from a left-liberal perspective (audio)
Historic, exotic, humorous, and other (audio)
A large collection of programs, by topic
Speaking and Pronunciation for English Language Learners
Speaking: skills
Speaking: activities
Pronunciation: skill
Pronunciation: activities
Software
Speaking: skills
A growing directory of resources
Conversation Questions for the ESL/EFL classroom
From the Internet TESOL Journal
Presentations and Public Speaking
Notes for non-natives on preparation, equipment, delivery, and language use; includes a self-test.
fourteen phone coverstions provided by BBC world service
Speaking: activities
About.com: ESL: Speaking Lessons
A nice collection of discussion and debate topics; these are written for teachers (e.g., they list objectives) but can be used by anyone.
A collection of questions to talk about in the conversation classroom, sorted by topic: animals, crime, entertainment, etc; there's another list at eslpartyland.com
Karin's ESL PartyLand: Discussion Forums for Students
Read what other students are saying in online about many topics ('Dating and Relationships,' 'Extreme Sports,' 'Fashion, Fads, and Shopping,' etc); join the discussions or continue in class.
Our list of discussion and writing resources
Pronunciation: skills
Tips on intonation and liasons as wall as sounds
ESL Cafe Web Guide: Pronunciation
A growing directory of resources
Digitized sounds
A growing collection of online pronunciation lessons (which require the Shockwave plugin) and links to other pronunciation sites
Hong Kong Polytechnic's online course in reading the phonemic alphabet
An amusing poem illustrating problems of English writing and pronunciation (e.g., 'just compare heart, beard and heard')
Reproduction of The International Phonetic Alphabet - vowels and consonants
Pronunciation: activities
Supplementary activities for users of Pronunciation Power software.
Digitized exercises for pronunciation; listen and repeat...
Digitized examples of vowels, consonants, and problem areas (-ed endings, stress and intonation, etc)
Stirling University on-line phonology course
An on-line course in RP (received pronunciation)
Interactive listening activities testing segmental and suprasegmental contrasts.
Software
Windows 95 -- accent reduction...includes guides for 30+ native languages
Windows 3.1 -- accent reduction...includes guides for 28 native languages
Mac/Windows -- accent reduction
Mac/Windows -- combines listening & speaking with grammar study
Windows 95/NT -- accent reduction... includes guides for 30+ native languages
Mac/Windows -- accent reduction... includes sets of vocabulary for professions, and guides for 30+ native languages
Writing Resources for English Language Learners
Writing activities
The writing process
For a friendly critique of your writing... (U. of Illinois)
Organization and style
Research and writing
Writing for special purposes
Mechanics
Reference
| Vocabulary for English Language Learners |
Vocabulary: activities |
Reading Resources for English Language Learners
Activities
Reading Skills
Electronic texts
Et cetera
Activities
Search for "reading exercises" or "reading activities" at: DMOZ; Google; AltaVista; Go.com
All levels
Comprehension quizzes
ESL Independent Study Lab: Reading 1
A links collection (similar to this page) organized by level (level 100, level 200); it's well annotated and includes some user reviews
ESL Independent Study Lab: Reading 2
A links collection (similar to this page) organized by level (level 300, level 400); it's well annotated and includes some user reviews
Reading and vocabulary activities
Independent Study Lab -- Reading
Links to Reading Activities at several levels
example texts and questions from ETS
UVic Study Center: Reading - Interactive reading with comprehension, summarizing, and gap-filling activities; by level...
· 200 (BASIC)
· 330 (BASIC, INTERMEDIATE)
· 410 (INTERMEDIATE)
· 490 (INTERMEDIATE, ADVANCED)
· 570 (ADVANCED)
Basic
Comprehension; story re-creation; gap-filling
By Dennis Oliver, Dave's ESL Cafe
Multimedia Language Lab
Intermediate
Comprehension; story re-creation; gap-filling
Folk tales and reading and vocabulary exercises
Interactive comprehension questions on a series of essays about prominent deaf Americans
Multimedia Language Lab
Self-study Reading Comprehension
collected by Internet TESL Journal
Advanced
CNN San Francisco (ADVANCED)
Reading activities based on current news stories; includes audio, story outline, summary, and text as well as reading comprehension and vocabulary activities.
Multimedia Language Lab
A group or 30 readers from around the world who read classics in English every 2 weeks and send reviews to each other via e-mail
Reading Comprehension from South China Morning Post
Two modes -- practice and test; more materials at this site
Daily comprehension questions for new York Times feature stories
Reading Skills
- Essay reading
- Exams: remembering what you read
- Comprehension Strategies
- SQ3R (Survey/Question/Read/Recite/Review)
- Textbook reading
Electronic texts
Electronic Literature: Collections
Yahoo's index
Reading texts by topic (social issues, health and fitness, world news, sports and entertainment); each text has linked definitions (and often digitized pronunciation) of key words, as well as links to related topics
University of Pennsylvania has a remarkable collection of thousands of online texts; you can sort by author, title, or subject; you can search by title or author; you can examine several interesting 'special interest' features such as "Banned Books online" or "A Celebration of Woman Writers."
An unclassed collection of web-based reading materials of potential interest to English language learners
UC Santa Barbara's extensive selection of literature, neatly separated into different categories
Drama
links for English language learners
many resources from Carnegie-Mellon U's English page
News
Bangkok Post for English Language Learners
Feature articles from the Bangkok Post, a major Asian English Language newspaper, with background information, vocabulary notes, and reading skill suggestions
News in English from around the world
Poems
links for English language learners
classical and contemporary poems using the 5-7-5 syllable haiku structure
a good collection of links for English and American poets
Stories
many resources from Carnegie-Mellon University's English page
search or browse web story and poetry resources by author or title; English learners may like "The shortest shorts," their collection of very short stories, which are arranged by author, title, and theme.
a few VERY short stories (2 words (!) to 2048 words)
Songs
many sources of song lyrics
searchable database of thousands of songs
Interactive Fiction
Hyperizons -- Hypertext fiction
construct-your-own-stories
Yahoo's collection of links
Other
many resources from Carnegie-Mellon University's English page
Master Works of Western Civilization
links to (English-language) texts of a number of classics of European thought, from ancient Greece to the first half of the twentieth century
directory of links, organized by region and language group
Et cetera
"writings of nonnative English speakers from all over the world"
Yahoo's index of sites
read some student writing
Speed Reading Self-Pacing Methods
Five simple methods for reading speed improvement
Grammar for English Language Learners
Activities
Reference
Special problems in English grammar
Other Resources
Activities
See also our Writing Activities. Or search for "grammar exercises" or "grammar activities" at: DMOZ; Google; AltaVista; Go.com
All levels
Business English Grammar (ALL LEVELS)
Present Forms; The Past Simple; Irregular Verbs; Present Perfect; Past Simple v Present Perfect; For or Since; Duration; The Future; Going to; Present forms for future; Will or going to?; Conditionals; Modals; The -ing form; Prepositions; Word order; Passive; Imperative; Question tags; Have something done; Non-defining clauses; A/The; Conjunctions; etc
ESL Independent Study Lab: Grammar
A links collection (similar to this page) organized by level (level 100, level 200. level 300); it's well annotated and includes some user reviews
UVic Study Center: Grammar
Interactive reading with comprehension, summarizing, and gap-filling activities; by level...
· 200 (BASIC)
· 330 (BASIC, INTERMEDIATE)
· 410 (INTERMEDIATE, ADVANCED)
· 490 (INTERMEDIATE, ADVANCED)
· 570 (ADVANCED)
Basic
Gender; Relative Pronouns; Simple Present; Present Continuous; Simple Past; Adjectives; Plural Nouns; More Plural Nouns; Noun Verb Agreement; Negative To Be; There Is There Are; Good & Well; Irregular Verbs; Pronouns; Past To Be; Do Or Does Indefinite Article ; One Or Ones; Adverbs; Adjective Or Adverb; There Is Are; Days, Holidays & Seasons
Simple Present; t, D, Ed Sounds; Simple Past; Negative To Be; Present Continuous; An Or A; Present Perfect; s Or Z Sounds; Past To Be; There Is Or Are; Noun Verb Agreement; Good & Well; There Is Are; Relative Pronouns; One Or Ones; Pronouns; Adverbs; Do Or Does; Some Or Any; Adjective Or Adverb; Plural Nouns; Superlative Or Comparative; More Plural Nouns; Superlative; Even More Plural Nouns; Comparative; Plural Of o, Y & F; Ordinal Numbers; Who Which
Dave's ESL Quiz Page (grammar) (BASIC, INTERMEDIATE)
Verb tense; Prepositions; Modals, et cetera...from the ESL Cafe
English Tests from englishlearner.com (BASIC, INTERMEDIATE)
Interactive grammar, reading, and vocabulary
Contractions; Regular Past Verbs; Person; Irregular Verbs 1 A-b; Pronoun; Irregular Verbs 2 C-e; Noun Or Pronoun; Irregular Verbs 3 F-h; Noun Or Verb; Irregular Verbs 4 K-m; Verb "To Be"; Irregular Verbs 5 P-s; Negative Of Verb "To Be"; Irregular Verbs 6 S-s; To Have ; Irregular Verbs 7 T-z; To Have Negative; Confusing Words 1; (Plurals )Number ; Confusing Words 2; Plurals More ; Opposites 1; Plurals Irregular- o; Articles-1; Plurals Irregular- f = Ves; Question Forms There Is/Are; Plurals Really Irregular; Object Pronouns; Plurals Borrowed; Possessive Adjectives Plurals - No Singular Form; Past Of Verb "To Be"; Question Form "To Be"; Past Negative "To Be"; Simple Present Tense; Past Of "To Have"; Question Form Present; There Is, There Are; Simple Future Tense; Negative There Is/Are
Mind Your Grammar (BASIC, INTERMEDIATE)
"A self-access course in English Grammar for university and college students" includes reference (above) and exercise materials
Self-Study Grammar Quizzes (BASIC, INTERMEDIATE)
Collected by Internet TESL Journal: Articles; Cloze; Conjunctions; Dialogs; Plurals; Prepositions; Pronouns; Sentence Structure; Tag Questions; Verbs; Correct Sequence; Word Choice; Other Quizzes.
Super Quiz Machine for ESL Students (BASIC, INTERMEDIATE)
"Get a new set of randomly-chosen questions each time you visit the page." (thousands of questions!)
Thirteen problem areas, each with an explanation pages and a quiz page (check answers to the quiz pages at the quiz answers pages).
Intermediate
Verb tense (present; past simple; present perfect; future); Conditional forms; Modals; Miscellaneous (passive, word order; a/the, etc); also a section on phrasal (multi-word) verbs
Dave's ESL Quiz Page (grammar) (BASIC, INTERMEDIATE)
Verb tense; Prepositions; Modals, et cetera...from the ESL Cafe
Dr Richard Doneskey's writing review pages (INTERMEDIATE, ADVANCED)
Each page includes grammar explanation plus a series of problems; think about the problem and then see the correct solution. Topics: Active, Passive, and Linking Sentences; Articles; Apostrophes; Fragments; Paragraph development; Past Participles; Pronoun-antecedent agreement problems; Pronoun problems with "this" and "that"; Run-together sentences and comma splices; Sexist language; Subject-Verb agreement; Tense Shifts; Transitions
English Tests from englishlearner.com (BASIC, INTERMEDIATE)
Interactive grammar, reading, and vocabulary
Articles; Comparatives; Nouns; Pronouns; Adjectives; Conditionals; Questions; Quantifiers; Agreement; Clauses; etc.
Interactive English Language Exercises
Small collection of quizzes for verb tense grammar, phrasal verbs, et cetera
Interactive Quizzes (INTERMEDIATE, ADVANCED)
A large collection of activities which accompany the Guide To Sentence-Level Grammar: includes activities on sentence structure; word forms (adverbs, adjectives, etc); verb tense, form, and agreement; clause structure; sentence structure; punctuation; spelling; et cetera
Mind Your Grammar (BASIC, INTERMEDIATE)
"A self-access course in English Grammar for university and college students" includes reference (above) and exercise materials
Self-Study Grammar Quizzes (BASIC, INTERMEDIATE)
Collected by Internet TESL Journal: Articles; Cloze; Conjunctions; Dialogs; Plurals; Prepositions; Pronouns; Sentence Structure; Tag Questions; Verbs; Correct Sequence; Word Choice; Other Quizzes.
Sentences have a business orientation
Super Quiz Machine for ESL Students (BASIC, INTERMEDIATE)
"Get a new set of randomly-chosen questions each time you visit the page." (thousands of questions!)
Advanced
Challenging exercises on some common areas of usage difficulty; based on University of Hong Kong's concordance work.
CNN Newsroom Grammar Activities
Based on stories in the news: Actives vs. Passives; Articles / Determiners; Clauses: Noun, Relative, Subordinate; Conditionals; Connectors; Infinitives / Past and Present Participles; Direct / Indirect Speech; Modals & Auxiliaries; Passivity; Prepositions; Singular / Plurals; Tag Questions; Verb Forms; Verb Phrases; Verb Tenses; Word Forms; Word Order
Dr Richard Doneskey's writing review pages (INTERMEDIATE, ADVANCED)
Each page includes grammar explanation plus a series of problems; think about the problem and then see the correct solution. Topics: Active, Passive, and Linking Sentences; Articles; Apostrophes; Fragments; Paragraph development; Past Participles; Pronoun-antecedent agreement problems; Pronoun problems with "this" and "that"; Run-together sentences and comma splices; Sexist language; Subject-Verb agreement; Tense Shifts; Transitions
Comma Splices and Fused Sentences...Exercise 1: Distinguishing Between Comma Splices and Fused Sentences; Exercise 2: Finding Comma Splices and Fused Sentences; Exercise 3: Finding Comma Splices and Fused Sentences; Exercise 4: Fixing Comma Splices and Fused Sentences; Exercise 5: Fixing Comma Splices and Fused Sentences Verb Tense...Exercise 1: Choosing Appropriate Irregular Verb Forms New!; Exercise 2: Choosing Appropriate Irregular Verb Forms New!; Exercise 3: Choosing Appropriate Irregular Verb Forms; Exercise 4: Choosing Appropriate Irregular Verb Forms; Exercise 5: Avoiding Common Tense Misspellings; Exercise 6: Using Lay and Lie Correctly New!
'Hunt' real-world examples of target grammatical structures on the Web; decide if real-world usage follows the rules of grammar as you understand them.
Interactive Quizzes (INTERMEDIATE, ADVANCED)
A large collection of activities which accompany the Guide To Sentence-Level Grammar: includes activities on sentence structure; word forms (adverbs, adjectives, etc); verb tense, form, and agreement; clause structure; sentence structure; punctuation; spelling; et cetera
Reference
CobuildDirect Corpus & Collocation Sampler
A fast and useful grammar reference displays the word or phrase you look up as it is used in real-world context (Corpus) and with a listing of frequently uses with the target word (Collocation); an excellent tool for the study of both meaning and usage. For a similar tool, try Web Concordancer (English)
Guide To Sentence-Level and Paragraph-Level Grammar
An excellent resource for basis sentence-level grammar, including clause structure, subject-verb agreement, and common problems such as run-ons; includes a large collection of exercises
The University of Victoria Writer's Guide
An excellent online reference to essay/paragraph/sentence-level grammar
A reference text with notes on common usage problems (UK)
A grammar reference/course with key concepts linked to other items
Index of a searchable grammar reference; many articles have supplementary exercise; click HERE for introductory instructions
An electronic reference text from Edu-Net, including notes on form and usage as well as a Grammar Clinic with answers your questions about English grammar; select their Subject Index for a listing of points covered (UK)
Special problems in English grammar
'General & Specific Discussion of Gender-Free Alternatives to Gendered Pronouns'
The alt.usage.english FAQ file
A collection of information on difficult qiuestions of English usage.
Using and omitting the indefinite article 'a' / 'an'; using and omitting the definite article 'the' -- Monash University
Usage notes
Articles: Definite Article or NO Article
rules, examples, and exercises
Short 'handouts' on proofreading, punctuation, and usage from Bowling Green (Ohio) State University
Meaning and usage notes together with several self-correcting quizzes.
When/why to use passive; recognizing passives; active/passive contrast; forming passives -- Monash University
Challenge: identify the head (main) noun
present simple and present continuous; present perfect; past perfect -- Monash University
Other Resources
Questions about grammar (and other ESL topics) asked and answered
Frequently asked questions (FAQs) and a search engine
FAQ = 'Frequently Asked Questions' from the Usenet newsgroup 'alt.usage.english', an on-line discussion of points of grammar
Grammar and Style Guides for Writers
A list like this, from Ohio State University (US)
Freeware and shareware Macintosh Software for English Language Learners/Teachers
An on-line discussion of points of grammar
Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
MULTILINGUAL LINKS
- Berkeley
- CELIA's LaTrobe FTP Archive of CALL Software
- CELIA's Web Site and Archive of CALL Software at LaTrobe
- Computers in Teaching Initiative Centre for Modern Languages
- FLTEACH WWW
- Foreign Language Resources (mostly gopher)
- Foreign Language Teaching Resources
- Foreign Languages for Travellers
- The Human-Languages Page
- Kristina Pfaff's Linguistic Funland
- Less Commonly Taught Languages
- Ohio ESL
- Online Reviews: CALL Software for Chinese
- Universal Survey of Languages
- University of Arizona Computer Aided Language Instruction Group
- VCU International Guide
- Virtual CALL Library
- Volterre-Fr, English and French Language Resources
- WWW Foreign Language Resources
ONLINE TEACHING AND LEARNING LINKS
- The Chronicle of Higher Education (A great tool for job searching in academia)
- Educational Resources Online
- Employment Opportunities on the Internet: The Riley Guide (Speaking of jobs.....)
- Employment Resources for Language Teachers (A comprehensive listing)
- Institute for Academic Technology (IAT)
- Library of Congress World Wide Web Home Page
- The Literacy List
- New Tools for Teaching: J.J. O'Donnell
- Online Books Page
- The Online Writery (an online writing community)
- Project Gutenberg Home Page (A major archive of online fiction and non-fiction)
- Purdue On-Line Writing Lab
- Teaching with the Web
- World-Wide Web Virtual Library
- Yahoo - Education
STRICTLY EFL/ESL
- The American Literacy Council
- Annotated Bibliography of ESL Computer Resources with CLB Ratings
- CALL and TESOL Links
- Connections for Computer Assisted English Language Learning
- Dave's ESL Cafe on the Web
- Jim Duber's Cutting Edge ESL Activities (Shockwave Enhanced!)
- English for Science and Technology
- The English Zone
- HUT Internet Writing Project
- IATEFL-Hungary Newsletter (Web Edition)
- Interactive Javascript Quizzes for ESL Students
- Interesting Things for ESL Students
- LinguaCenter Home Page
- MOOing for ESL: Welcome to SchMOOze!
- More about MOOs (.....just in case you need it for the previous link...)
- Multimedia Language Lab
- The Newbury House Online Dictionary
- Online Courses
- Planet English
- Rongchang Li's ESL Home Page
- SL Lists Home Page (International EFL/ESL Email Student Discussion Lists)
- Tim Johns' CALL Page
- TESL-EJ Master Page
- TESL-L's CALL Archive
- TOEFL Prep Starting Page (Requires Shockwave!)
A FEW COMMERCIAL SITES
- Agora Language Marketplace
- Athelstan Publications
- BayWare, Inc., (Transparent Language, Inc)
- Business and Economy: Companies: Education: Languages (from Yahoo)
- C.A.L.L. - English as 2nd Language Net Links (from About.com)
- DynEd International
- Formavision
- freeENGLISH
- National Registration Center for Study Abroad
- NeocorTech LLC ("The Software Solution for Japanese Communication")
- "Slangman" David Burke's Website (specializing in books on Slang and Idioms)
ASSORTED ODDS AND ENDS (...often the best...)
- American Journalism Review: News Link (US and World newspapers online)
- ArtSource
- Date and Time Gateway (Current time worldwide)
- Electronic Embassy
- Excite Travel
- The Independent Filmmakers Guide to the Internet
- Networks and Internet Tool Resources
- United States Information Agency
- Virtual Library: Museums Pages
- Web Wombat Online Newspapers (over 1400 listed)
- Welcome to the White House (Haven't you always wanted to visit?)
- World Radio Network
Internet Discussion Groups
ESL Student Discussion Lists from La Trobe University
A forum for cross-cultural discussion by post-secondary level students of ESL/EFL.
- For detailed information, send the message "INFO INTRO-SL" to:
listserv@latrobe.edu.au - Browse their web pages
IECC: International E-Mail Classroom Connection
For teachers seeking K-12 classroom partnerships.
- Send the message "SUB IECC first-name last-name" to:
iecc-request@stolaf.edu
IECC-HE: International E-Mail Classroom Connection in Higher Education
For teachers seeking post-secondary classroom partnerships.
- Send the message "SUB IECC-HE first-name last-name" to:
iecc-he-request@stolaf.edu
LINGUIST
A forum where academic linguists can discuss linguistic issues and exchange linguistic information.
- Send the message "SUBSCRIBE LINGUIST first-name last-name" to:
listserv@listserv.tamu.edu - Information: aristar@unix.tamu.edu
- Browse their web pages
LLTI: Language Learning and Technology
A very active discussion list dedicated to language learning and technology, including language lab technology, computer-supported language learning, and interactive video and audio.
- Send the message "SUB LLTI yourID@hostname yourfirstname yourlastname" to: listserv@dartmouth.edu
- Send listmail to: LLTI@dartmouth.edu
- Information: Otmar.Foelsche@dartmouth.edu
- Browse their web pages
SLART-L: Second Language Acquisition and Research
A forum for discussion and exchange of issues in SLA.
- Send the message "SUB SLART-L first-name last-name" to:
listserv@cunyvm.cuny.edu
TESL-L: Teachers of English as a Second Language List
Another active discussion list dedicated to issues related to teaching and learning English as a Second/Foreign Language. Branch lists exist for focused discussion on CALL; Jobs; Materials Writing; IEP's, etc. The gopher archives are well-maintained and updated frequently.
- Send the message "SUB TESL-L first-name last-name" to:
listserv@cunyvm.cuny.edu - Information: teslhelp@cunyvm.cuny.edu
- Browse their gopher archive
- Non-subscribers can read listmail on Usenet at bit.listserv.tesl-l
Additional Electronic Mailing List Resources in CALL
- Electronic Mailing Lists in Linguistics
- Kovacs' Listing of Scholarly and Professional E-Conferences
- List of Language Lists
- Search Engine for E-Mail Discussion Groups
- Search the List of Lists
Related Newsgroups
- bit.listserv.edtech
- comp.ai.nat-lang
- comp.edu.languages.natural
- k12.ed.tech
- k12.lang.art
- misc.education.language.english
- misc.education.multimedia
- sci.lang.translation
- sci.lang
- Adam Rado's English Learn
Free Books for Students & Teachers of English
http://www.elfs.com/
- BBC World Service
bbc.co.uk offers a varied range of sites including news, sport, community, education, children's, and lifestyle sites, with TV programme support, radio on demand, and easy to use web search from the BBC.
http://bbc.co.uk
- BBC中国
BBC China Learning English Main Index, Take Away English, Real English, Quiz, Word Master Game, 英语教学主页, 随身英语, 地道英语, 英语小测验, 单词大师
http://www.bbc.co.uk/china
- Download(Teaching English
Downloadable books for English language teachers
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/download/books.shtml#lamanual
- E.L. Easton
Materials for Teaching and Learning English
http://eleaston.com/english.html
- englishbaby
Learn English at English, baby! Use our online English lessons based on movies and music, English chatroom, message boards and find friends in the member gallery!
http://www.englishbaby.com/
- EnglishClub
Learn English free online or teach English as a second or foreign language (ESL or EFL or ESOL). Learn to speak English. Learn to teach English (TEFL or TESL or TESOL).
http://www.englishclub.com/
- englishpage
Englishpage.com offers free English lessons with English grammar and vocabulary exercises online. Hundreds of English lessons to help you learn English today!
http://www.englishpage.com/
- english-zone
English as a Second Language fun site! Learn grammar, practice English verbs, idioms, spelling conversation, and more here!
http://www.english-zone.com/
- ESL(esl.about)
Learn English using resources including English grammar explanations, quizzes, pronunciation help, reading, listening and writing and esl free lesson plans. Exam resources include TOEFL, IELTS, PET, KET, FCE, CAE and more.
http://esl.about.com/
- eslcafe
The Internet's Meeting place for ESL and EFL teachers and students from around the World.
http://www.eslcafe.com/
- eslgold
ESLgold provides hundreds of pages of free English teaching materials for ESL students and teachers. All resources are organized by skill and level for quick and easy access.
http://eslgold.com/
- Interdisciplinary
Web English Teacher presents the best of K-12 English / Language Arts teaching resources: lesson plans, WebQuests, videos, biography, e-texts, criticism, jokes, puzzles, and classroom activities. Permission to link is granted to any educational site.
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/interdis.html
- Internet Public Library
The Internet Public Library is a public service organization and a learning/teaching environment at the University of Michigan School of Information.
http://www.ipl.org/
- its-english(its-online)
Welcome to its-english, the interactive online resource center for learners of English, part of the its-online network. Subscribers should login to access the activities.
http://www.its-english.com/
- Learnenglish Central
English for Everyone learn English！free,best site!
http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish/central
- Lessons(ITESLJ)
EFL/ESL Lessons and Lesson Plans
http://iteslj.org/Lessons/
- ManyThings(ManyThings)
A free study site for English as a Second Language (ESL) students with Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) activities.
http://www.manythings.org/
- NCELTR at Macquarie
The Australian National Centre for English Language Teaching and Research. NCELTR is the centre for English Language at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
http://www.nceltr.mq.edu.au/elp/
- Parlo
Parlo helps you learn English, French, Spanish and other languages with free online courses, music, a magazine, flash cards, chat rooms, message boards and more!
http://www.parlo.com/
21 Planet English
Planet English is an exciting package of Computer Assisted Language learning resources used by leading English language teaching centers around the world.
http://www.planetenglish.com/
22 stuff
English language learning pronunciation phonetics listening reading audio shockwave vocabulary test testing computer adaptive TOEFL
http://www.stuff.co.uk/wicked.htm
23 Techniques(ITESLJ)
EFL/ESL Teaching Techniques from The Internet TESL Journal
http://iteslj.org/Techniques/
24 UsingEnglish
resources for learning English. Browse our grammar glossary and language reference area, join our busy forums, read our articles and teacher handouts, and find useful links and information on English here.
http://www.usingenglish.com/
25 World English
English on the internet. The best online resource for English as a second or foreign language (ESL / EFL), English exercises and activities, online English lessons with native speakers of English.
http://www.world-english.org/
英语咖啡馆Dave's ESL Cafe
http://www.eslcafe.com/
http://www.pacificnet.net/~sperling/
为教师和学生提供丰富的交互式学习资源
英语数字听力室Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab
http://www.esl-lab.com/
在线听力测试。分难、中、易不同程度和时间长短各异的听力录音材料，
更有测试题目和听力得分及答案显示。提供听力录音下载。
美国CNN SF广播学习资源中心
http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/archives.html
http://cnnsf.com/
CNN新闻在线听力测试.测试题目和听力得分及答案显示。
CNN提供广播与电视节目点播、新闻文本、每日新闻测试
新闻文本：http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/index.html
每日新闻测验： http://www.cnn.com/SEARCH/quiz/
夏威夷Brigham Young University-Hawaii大学语言实验室将
CNN每日新闻改编为网上英语训练网站
"CNN Newsroom and Worldview for ESL"
http://lc.byuh.edu/cnn_n/CNN-N.html
BBC：英国广播公司-英语学习频道提供听力材料和活动设计
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/index.shtml
中国留美学生李昌荣编写的在线英语口语手册
http://www.rong-chang.com/book/
聆听圣经
http://www.audio-bible.com/
英文网站及时翻译
http://www.readworld.com
贝尔实验室文本语音生成系统
Bell Labs Text-to-Speech
Select a voice, input the text, and a AIFF, WAV or AU file will be generated.
ESL Resources
因特网英语教学在线期刊Internet TESL Journal（同时提供英语在线交互测试）
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/
美国国会图书馆（历史文献） http://lcweb.loc.gov/
因 特网公共图书馆 http://www.ipl.org/reading/books/
美国白宫网站 http://www.whitehouse.gov/
麻 省理工学院因特网经典名著文库 http://classics.mit.edu/
警 句妙语(Proverbs, Quotations)
Today Quotation Archive: http://webpages.ainet.com/gosner/quotationsarch/
Food for Thought:http://www.crosswinds.net/~tourette/fft.htm
美国各地及多国俚语网站
http://www.slanguage.com/
http://eslcafe.com/slang/
http://www.youngie.com/terms.htm
绕口令(Tongue Twisters)
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/8136/store.html
TOFEL,GRE
美国教育测试服务处ETS http://www.ets.org/
美国托福考试中心网站 http://www.toefl.org
美国GRE考试中心 http://www.gre.org/
Movies
奥斯卡网站 http://www.oscar.com
Hollywood: http://www.hollywood.com/
Internet电 影数据库: http://us.imdb.com/
收集电影剧本最齐全的网站Drew's Scripts-O-Rama: http://script-o-rama.com/
子曰电影网http://www.ziyue.com/
英文剧本天地：http://scripts.163.net/
英语电影猫头鹰剧场: http://owl.teacher.xjtu.edu.cn/
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